Ironing-board attachment.



I H. COH EN.

IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED HAR- 3Ir-I9I6.

' Patented July 4, 1916.

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HENRY COHEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IRONING-BOARD ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 31, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY COHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Board Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing boards and especially with reference to the provision of supporting members of novel construction adapted for use in connection with an ironing board and by means of which an ironing board may be attached to any ordinary kitchen table and arranged over and supported by the table, and may also be raised and lowered at one end as desired, the object of the invention being to provide an improved ironing board of this character which is cheap and simgle and which may be readily removed from the table when desired.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination, and arrangement of devices, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side elevation, of an ironing board constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention and showing the same in use on and attached to a table. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the supporting members of the board. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the other supporting member. Fig. at is a detail inverted perspective view of the board and one of its pivoting attaching devices.

In the embodiment of my invention, the member 1 which may be of any suitable shape and of any suitable dimensions is provided on its under side, near one end, with pivoting attaching devices 2 each of which has a base 3 secured to the under side of the board, and also has a substantially semicylindrical arm at which is provided at its outer end with a cylindrical head 5. The board is provided near its opposite end, on the under side, with a recess 6.

I also provide a pair of supporting devices 7, 8, for attac ment to oppos te ends Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916. Serial No. 88,131.

of the top of an ordinary kitchen table and to support the board above the table and hence enable the usual supporting legs of the board to be dispensed with. The supporting device 7 is provided with a pair of spaced flanges 9, 10, the former abovethe latter, and to receive one end of the table top between them, the lower flange 10 being provided with clamping screws 11 which pass through threaded openings therein and are adapted to engage the under side of the table top to secure said supporting device in place. Said supporting device also has a vertical wall 12 which is provided with an opening 13, a bar 14 which is substantially cylindrical forming the upper side of said opening. The supporting device 8 has flanges 15 16, corresponding with those of the supporting device 7 and for attachment to the opposite end of the table top, the lower flange 16 having clamping screws 17. The wall 18 of the member 8 is adapted to bear under and support one end of the board and has an upwardly extending vertical stud 19 to engage the recess 6. The curved arms 4: of the pivoting attaching devices 2 are made of spring metal and are adapted to be passed through the opening 13 and extend under the bar 14:, the heads 5 of the said spring arms facilitating such engagement of the attaching devices with the bar of the supporting member 7 and said attaching devices coacting with said bar to detachably and pivotally connect one end of the ironing board to the supporting member 7 so that said end of the board is supported and yet enabling the opposite end of the board to be raised from or moved downwardly on the supporting member 8 to facilitate the arrangement of articles under the board while being ironed. The supporting members are readily detachable from the board and may also be readily detached from the table top as will be understood so that the board when not in use can be readily put away.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

In combination with an ironing board, at-

taching members on the under side of the 100 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the pivotally connectsaid end of the board to said supporting member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY COHEN. iVitnesses LOUIS MARTINEZ, BERNARD BERNSTEIN.

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